GEH8 2030 – Feasibility Study for GEH8

Supported by the Fonds Soziokultur, we are currently developing a comprehensive concept for the long-term future of GEH8 in terms of content and space. The central question is: How can GEH8 develop further – as a socio-cultural space, as a platform for art and discourse, as part of the neighborhood?

The main topics are:
– Expanding and diversifying our target groups
– Developing new formats and content
– Spatial perspectives for buildings and grounds
– Ecological sustainability as a cross-cutting theme

In March 2025, we visited the ufaFabrik Berlin, a pioneering project for ecological urban development and socio-cultural practice, for inspiration and to share experiences. We also visited the ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics. The impulses we gained there will flow directly into our conceptual considerations.

In the next step, we will enter into a joint development process with the architecture firm Raum und Bau (Dresden). The aim is to design concrete paths and scenarios for the structural future of GEH8. We will be supported in this by the architects Gudrun Deppe and Luzie Dörfelt, who have extensive experience in participatory, co-productive and process-oriented planning approaches. Our aim is to reconcile ecological responsibility, social participation and cultural use – not as opposites, but as one.